[Big boi m5]

Originally Posted by Poochie

BMW collects $2,900 for each DCT and for some strange reason, DCT fanatics doesn't hesitate to pay that, at all (I wouldn't, on sheer principle).

I sincerely doubt they'll lose much or any profit by replacing it a with a free ZF8, over any R&D cost for the DCT option.

I would say that the shift to ZF8 is writing on the wall that M cars will eventually become hybrid, some time within this next generation.

However, my point was that regardless of how you slice it, if a vehicle doesn't have a clutch pedal, IT IS NOT A MANUAL, The end.

BMW made a bulk purchase of it that was the biggest in ZF history. This is to save money. Has nothing to do with M except increasing profitability of M cars. Shameful.